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https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/1272732

screenshot of suggested edit review

The edit split up the wall of text, which usually deters answerers from even reading the post. The Markdown text was paragraphed and indented, which shows that the original author intended it to be paragraphed but they misunderstood how this would be rendered.

I didn't edit too thoroughly, so I expected that reviewers might choose to "Approve and edit". But why was it Reject[ed] and Edit and by a bot, to boot?

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  • I want to say community rejecting is the OP's rejection but I need to check on that before committing to saying that's the truth
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Dec 3 at 9:37
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    AH, never mind, that was a concequence of reject and edit meta.stackexchange.com/questions/153403/…
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Dec 3 at 9:40
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    One reason I would have rejected that particular edit is due the fact none of the grammatical errors were fixed.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Dec 3 at 17:46
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    @Ramhound so you would have "Reject and Edit"-ed in that case?
    – Robotnik
    Commented Dec 3 at 19:38
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    @Robotnik—Yes, I loaded the content into Grammarly, and it discovered five dozen issues. This does not even include how it would have rewritten some statements. The capitalization of the first word in every paragraph is weird. For instance, "Won't bother posting the manuals ...." isn't proper English.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Dec 4 at 2:03

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So... here's what happened. OP rejected and edited, and that overrode the one accept. Since OP dosen't need their edit reviewed, your edit was declined in favour of OP's edit. This triggered a bit rejection vote and the OPs.

Admittedly a little clear as mud, but its both no fault of your own (your edit was perfectly fine), and the system working as designed.

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    It's actually fine, though I was confused why it doesn't show who rejected my edit - I thought the review time expired or something.
    – Vylix
    Commented Dec 4 at 1:21
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    Its less than obvious until you realise OP rejected it :D. Which took me more than a moment
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Dec 4 at 1:38

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